Google Testing Self-Driving Car

Google is testing a car it believes is the future of motoring. The Internet giant has been testing the car that drives itself for several months. It has driven along thousands of miles of public roads in California. The car is guided by sensors, lasers and video cameras. A Google spokesperson explained to concerned motorists that the car has never been driven unmanned, and had test drivers, just in case things went wrong. The tech company says its vehicles are still very much at the experimental stage. Googles interest in artificial intelligence is a sign that it wants to branch out beyond the web. It is an extension of its Street View project, in which millions of streets have been photographed and put online. Googles blog said the companys entry into the world of automotive technology is part of its plans to make the world a better place. Larry [Page] and Sergey [Brin] founded Google because they wanted to help solve really big problems using technology, it wrote. The post continued: One of the big problems were working on today is car safety and efficiency. Our goal is to help prevent traffic accidents, free up peoples time and reduce carbon emissions by fundamentally changing car use. Google CEO Eric Schmidt said last month that it was unfortunate that cars were invented before computers: Your car should drive itself; its amazing to me that we let humans drive cars, he told reporters. 4. COMPUTERS: Students A strongly believe the roads would be safer if computers drove cars; Students B strongly believe the opposite. Change partners again and talk about your conversations. 1. TRUE / FALSE: Read the headline. Guess if a-h below are true (T) or false (F).
a. Google is testing a new car and has named it the Internet Giant. b. The car has already been driven on public roads in the USA. c. Most of the self-driving cars are tested without people in them. T/F T/F T/F

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2. SYNONYM MATCH: Match the following synonyms from the article.

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1. TRUE / FALSE: Read the headline. Guess if a-h below are true (T) or false (F).
a. b. c. d. e. f. g. h. Google is testing a new car and has named it the Internet Giant. The car has already been driven on public roads in the USA. Most of the self-driving cars are tested without people in them. Google wants to diversify into areas outside of the Internet. Googles leaders aim to improve the world by using technology. Google says safety on the roads is one of the worlds big problems. Google doesnt want to change the way we use our cars. Googles CEO believes we should not let computers drive cars. T/F T/F T/F T/F T/F T/F T/F T/F

2. SYNONYM MATCH: Match the following synonyms from the article.

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motoring giant concerned branch out extension plans solve prevent fundamentally unfortunate

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diversify basically colossus addition worried answer driving strategy regrettable stop

3. PHRASE MATCH: (Sometimes more than one choice is possible.)

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